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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 177, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 6, 2016Houston County, Twiggs County, Wilkinson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2016, 3:37 PM EDT for Houston County, Twiggs County, Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 2016, 3:37 PM EDT (19:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2016, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Houston County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 6, 3:42 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Jeffersonville, GAA TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ONTO HIGHWAY 18.
Jul 6, 3:56 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Nnw Danville, GAA TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON JACK CLAY RD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 6, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 130 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2016-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1847 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2016-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1847 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
741 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

730 
WUUS52 KFFC 061937
SVRFFC
GAC153-289-319-062015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0177.160706T1937Z-160706T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
337 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WILKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 337 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR GORDON TO NEAR JEFFERSONVILLE TO NEAR ROBINS
  AIR FORCE BASE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  JEFFERSONVILLE...IRWINTON...WARNER ROBINS...GORDON...MCINTYRE...
  TOOMSBORO...DANVILLE...ALLENTOWN...ROBINS AIR FORCE
  BASE...MARION... DISTRICT PATH...BONAIRE...TARVERSVILLE...MYRICKS
  MILL...BULLARD... FITZPATRICK AND RIPLEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.

&&

LAT...LON 3257 8372 3259 8372 3271 8351 3287 8335
      3292 8306 3291 8305 3286 8304 3264 8312
      3250 8340 3250 8341 3248 8344
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 258DEG 17KT 3282 8332 3264 8340 3258 8362 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
779 
WWUS52 KFFC 061954
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
354 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

GAC153-062003-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0177.000000T0000Z-160706T2015Z/
HOUSTON GA-
354 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3264 8352 3271 8351 3287 8335 3292 8306
      3291 8305 3286 8304 3264 8312 3250 8340
      3250 8341 3248 8344
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 258DEG 17KT 3283 8324 3265 8332 3259 8354 

$$

GAC289-319-062015-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0177.000000T0000Z-160706T2015Z/
WILKINSON GA-TWIGGS GA-
354 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR WILKINSON AND TWIGGS COUNTIES...

AT 353 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR MCINTYRE TO NEAR JEFFERSONVILLE TO NEAR ROBINS
AIR FORCE BASE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
JEFFERSONVILLE...IRWINTON...GORDON...MCINTYRE...TOOMSBORO...DANVILLE.
.. ALLENTOWN...MARION...DISTRICT PATH...TARVERSVILLE...MYRICKS
MILL... BULLARD...FITZPATRICK AND RIPLEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.

&&

LAT...LON 3264 8352 3271 8351 3287 8335 3292 8306
      3291 8305 3286 8304 3264 8312 3250 8340
      3250 8341 3248 8344
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 258DEG 17KT 3283 8324 3265 8332 3259 8354 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 9:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray, Whitfield36 min
Jul 6, 11:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson33 min
Jul 6, 11:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding36 min
Jul 6, 11:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb24 min
Jul 6, 12:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding49 min
Jul 6, 12:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb27 min
Jul 6, 12:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett40 min
Jul 6, 12:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta33 min
Jul 6, 12:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta35 min
Jul 6, 12:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup31 min
Jul 6, 1:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton35 min
Jul 6, 1:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCRockdale, Walton32 min
Jul 6, 1:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow28 min
Jul 6, 1:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe27 min
Jul 6, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Meriwether, Troup30 min
Jul 6, 1:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette, Henry, Pike, Spalding29 min
Jul 6, 1:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson25 min
Jul 6, 1:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke24 min
Jul 6, 1:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJackson, Madison50 min
Jul 6, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene34 min
Jul 6, 1:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Taylor, Upson10 min
Jul 6, 1:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor30 min
Jul 6, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley42 min
Jul 6, 1:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones26 min
Jul 6, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe40 min
Jul 6, 1:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan, Putnam38 min
Jul 6, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks29 min
Jul 6, 2:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Jasper24 min
Jul 6, 2:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley35 min
Jul 6, 2:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Taliaferro, Wilkes33 min
Jul 6, 2:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Hancock, Putnam, Taliaferro42 min
Jul 6, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Stewart38 min
Jul 6, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin36 min
Jul 6, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe, Wilkes50 min
Jul 6, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Peach, Schley, Taylor49 min
Jul 6, 2:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Wilkinson37 min
Jul 6, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones, Lamar, Monroe, Upson42 min
Jul 6, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro, Warren, Wilkes22 min
Jul 6, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Sumter48 min
Jul 6, 2:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot23 min
Jul 6, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee37 min
Jul 6, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Warren34 min
Jul 6, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion48 min
Jul 6, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford29 min
Jul 6, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones, Wilkinson40 min
Jul 6, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb50 min
Jul 6, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Talbot, Taylor43 min
Jul 6, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Twiggs41 min
Jul 6, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp37 min
Jul 6, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Washington49 min
Jul 6, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski33 min
Jul 6, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Treutlen45 min
Jul 6, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens38 min
Jul 6, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson47 min
Jul 6, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Laurens44 min
Jul 6, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel17 min
Jul 6, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk26 min
Jul 6, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair, Treutlen, Wheeler39 min
Jul 6, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding, Polk48 min
Jul 6, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll45 min
Jul 6, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Telfair, Toombs51 min
Jul 6, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon47 min
Jul 6, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer, Murray40 min
Jul 6, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll34 min
Jul 6, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding32 min
Jul 6, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson36 min
Jul 6, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas47 min
Jul 6, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson30 min
Jul 6, 6:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer36 min
Jul 6, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb49 min
Jul 6, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll46 min
Jul 6, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Heard46 min
Jul 6, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion27 min
Jul 6, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll10 min
Jul 6, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta34 min
Jul 6, 7:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Douglas, Fulton41 min
Jul 6, 7:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin66 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.